93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB7274

 

Introduced 2/26/2004, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 750/4.5 new

    Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to establish the minimum number of answering positions required for each primary public safety answering point (PSAP) using a formula that takes into account the population of the county or municipality served by the PSAP and the volume of calls actually received by the PSAP.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB7274 LRB093 21401 MKM 48063 b

1     AN ACT concerning emergency telephone systems.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by
5 adding Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 750/4.5 new)
7     Sec. 4.5. Answering positions; minimum number required.
8     (a) For purposes of this Section, "PSAP" or "Public Safety
9 Answering Point" means the initial answering location of a 911
10 call.
11     (b) The minimum number of answering positions required for
12 each public safety answering point shall be established by the
13 Commission using a formula that takes into account (i) the
14 population of the county or municipality served by the PSAP and
15 (ii) the volume of calls actually received by the PSAP.